NPR

This family wants to have more babies, but not in a hospital

With eight kids and another one on the way, Megan Alger can seem more like the CEO of a small company than a typical American mom. In their family's suburban home in Augusta, Ga., kids are taught to ...
CNN

China used to fine couples for having too many babies. Now it can’t pay them enough

Zane Li was nine years old when he got a baby sister – and her arrival plunged the family in a small city in eastern China into crippling debt. Under China’s stringent one-child policy at the time, Li ...
NPR

As women have far fewer babies, the U.S. and the world face unprecedented challenges

When Sarah and Ben Brewington got married and moved to Los Angeles, they expected their next life step would be having kids. It just seemed like the natural thing to do. Instead, they kept delaying ...